(730 ILCS 154/15)
Sec. 15. Discharge of violent offender against youth. Discharge of violent offender against youth from Department of
Corrections
facility or other penal institution; duties of
official in charge. Any violent offender against youth who
is discharged, paroled, or released from a Department of
Corrections facility, a facility where such person was placed by the
Department of Corrections or another penal institution, and
whose liability for
registration has not terminated under Section 40 shall, prior to discharge,
parole or release from the facility or institution, be informed of his or her
duty to register in person within 5 days of release by the
facility or institution in which he or she was confined.
The facility or institution shall also inform any person who must register
that if he or she establishes a residence outside of the State of Illinois,
is employed outside of the State of Illinois, or attends school outside of
the
State of Illinois,
he
or she must register in the new state within 5 days after establishing
the
residence, beginning employment, or beginning school. The facility shall require the person to read and sign such form as may
be required by the Illinois State Police stating that the duty to
register and the procedure for registration has been explained to him or her
and that he or she understands the duty to register and the procedure for
registration. The facility shall further advise the person in writing that the
failure to register or other violation of this Act shall result in
revocation of parole, aftercare release, mandatory supervised release or conditional release.
The facility shall obtain information about where the
person expects to reside, work, and attend school upon
his or her discharge, parole or release and shall report the information to the
Illinois State Police. The facility shall give one copy of the form
to the person and shall send one copy to each of the law enforcement agencies
having
jurisdiction where the person expects to reside, work, and attend school
upon his or her discharge,
parole or release and retain one copy for the files.
Electronic data files which includes all notification form information and
photographs of violent offenders against youth being released from an Illinois Department of
Corrections or Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice facility will be shared on a regular basis as determined between
the Illinois State Police, the Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) |